The Fibonacci sequence consists of the increasing sums of the two previous integers. So, mathematically, this clock doesn’t make sense unless you counts the members rather than the values of the sequence as indicators of the time.
But if you get a clock like this, you aren’t trying to tell the time easily. You’re trying to express something to other people about the type of person you are. Question: precisely what does this clock express about its owners?
This whole short, Ink by Ryan Couldrey, focuses on Tanja Tiziana and the journey of rediscovering the long lost (okay, not quite long lost but soon/almost/eventually) art of calligraphy and just handwriting in general. Though dripping in a little too much ink at times, it’s always so nice to see someone write. The effect—hearing the scraping, seeing the ink flow—can almost be therapeutic.
Born in 1957 in Moscow, artist Nikolay Polissky creates impressive, handcrafted structures in the middle of Russia's vast landscapes. Mostly carried out in the town of Nikola Lenivets -- located 200 km from the Russian capital -- his works are built entirely by the area's residents, using local materials, such as branches, trunks and wooden tables. Traditional construction techniques are used as a starting point for the projects.
His work is inspiring not only because of its imposing form, but also because he managed to re-activate a semi-abandoned village through art and architecture, involving residents in the creative process and transforming the region into a sort of open cultural center. Since 2003, his work has been part of Archstoyanie, the largest Land-Art festival in Russia.
The work of Polissky falls somewhere between large-scale sculptures, temporary installations and vernacular architecture. Anchored to a spectacular landscape, they act as lighthouses, inviting the community to occupy a vast territory that seemed impossible to completely inhabit.
Their archetypal forms refer to classical buildings, like the famous Mesopotamian Ziggurats, while also referencing local structures that flood the urban landscape of the country, such as broadcasting antennas and industrial chimneys. His work often provides a contrast; for example, a strong column of smoke pouring from a delicate tower of branches.
They are temporary structures that evolve depending on the weather and the seasons. After they fulfill their function they are either recycled, burned to mark popular celebrations or left alone to be naturally incorporated into the existing vegetation.
Nikolay Polissky has realized more than 25 works in the last 15 years. View six of them below.
MEDIA TOWER
Nikola Lenivets, 2002
LIGHTHOUSE ON UGRA
Nikola Lenivets, 2004
LIKHOBORSKIE GATE
Moscow, 2005
HYPERBOLOID (VOLCANO)
Nikola Lenivets, 2009
GATES OF PERM
Perm, 2011
BEAUBOURG
Nikola Lenivets, 2013
Learn more on Nikolay Polissky's official site.
You don’t need room to store a set of espresso cups and a set of coffee mugs in your kitchen. The Double Shot Glass Mug serves both purposes. Each “hand-blown” mug has a 1.5 ounce espresso cup in one end and a 5.5 ounce coffee cup in the other end. The Double Shot Glass Mug is $13.99 at PerpetualKid.
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Save space in your kitchen with these dual-purpose mugs originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 12, 2015 at 8:00 am.
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One if the most important things for a product/company is to be seen and recognized by it’s target audience. In our advertising galleries we present the latest of our findings from the wonderful world of creative marketing. And in today’s gallery we’ve rounded up 30 examples of creative guerilla and ambient marketing that really stands out.
Rock Climbing School
Allegra allergies
Fitness ad
Guerilla Marketing for a Fitness Club
Starbucks Clean Guerilla Advertising
Pressure Cleaning Services
Oral-B Guerilla Ad
King Kong Ad
Air New Zealand
IMAX 3D
Faber Castell ad.
Marylhurst University
Wisconsin bus stop mirror ad
Swedish State Railway tells you about a cheaper way to travel.
Fence & Tennis Ball Billboards by Leo Burnett
Golf Lessons
Up! Ad
SciFi Channel
Nose hair trimmer
Target - Big Toy Sale
What goes around, comes around.
Toro: Cordless trimmers
Siemens ad
Scotch Brite Skyscraper Ad
IKEA Marketing
Axe ad
Flower Council of Holland
Superman promotion
Anti Smoking
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Designed by blacksmith Toru Yamashita in Japan’s Kochi-prefecture, these high carbon steel knives are designed in the form of five different whales, the blades forming the baleen mouth of each species. The Kujira blades were originally made for children as a tool for sharpening pencils or cutting paper, but have since been marketed abroad as a general purpose utility or chef knife. At about $50 each the knives aren’t cheap, but it appears the whale shape is strangely perfect for small hands and with the right care they would probably last a lifetime. Some of the models are available through Hand-Eye Supply, but it looks like a few are sold by Yoshihiro Cutlery on Amazon. (via Core77, Attics of my Life)
A. Kachmarthose are neat, our office printers can use a few of them
Artist Anne Mondro uses narrow-gauged tinned copper wire and other materials to create works like If I can stop one heart from breaking.
She used 3D modeling software to determine how to crochet the wire in the form she wanted, saying:
This piece is very personal. I’ve been working with older adults with memory loss and their caregivers. It’s so intense to be a caregiver. When you care for a loved one, the two of you become intertwined. You take on their vulnerabilities but also their strengths. As I thought about that relationship, it was important that these forms be tied together somehow.
Below are two pieces from her Adapt series.
California Rainbow Taco with Mic-Kale Obama Slaw and Barack-amole? President Obama is ready to taste-test the winning recipes from the Kids State Dinner.
Basé entre New-York et l’Islande, James Merry est un artiste reconnu pour ses broderies conçues spécialement sur les costumes de scènes de la chanteuse Björk. Depuis peu, il brode des motifs végétaux et floraux sur de célèbres logos de marques sportswear telles que Nike, Umbro ou Fila.
Check out these ten hilarious responses to "Can you photoshop me?"
18k gold with a carved agate skull surrounded by rose- and old-cut diamonds and black enamelling, with hallmarks for London 1852. It has an interior inscription on the ring that adds another fascinating layer of history: Inscribed “James Dixon Obit 1852,” it memorialises James Dixon, a well-known English silversmith and founder of the family firm of James Dixon & Sons.
Ithica. Cut paper, 20″ x 26″, 2015.
In an exquisite nexus of mathematics, art history, and technology, artist Eric Standley (previously) creates densely stacked layers of laser-cut paper to form sculptures reminiscent of Islamic architecture or Gothic rose windows. If you’ve followed the artist’s work here on Colossal it’s clear his understanding of geometry, shape and color as it applies to paper structures has expanded greatly over the last few years as his artworks grow increasingly intricate and detailed. The pieces have also grown in scale and depth with his latest pieces standing over two feet tall.
Standley currently has work on view at CODA Paper Art 2015 and at MOCA through August 16th, 2015. He also has numerous pieces currently available through Marta Hewett Gallery.
Ithica. Detail.
Agawam. Cut paper, 20″ x 26″, 2015.
Agawam, detail.
Agawam, detail.
Either/Or Circle 9.5.1. Cut paper. 20″ x 20″. 2015.
Either/Or Circle 9.5.1. Detail.
Either/Or Tetragon 7.2.3. Cut paper, watercolor, 8″ x 10″, 2015.
Manhole covers don’t have to be ugly sewer lids. In Japan, they can be astoundingly intricate, colorful, museum-worthy feats of urban design.
The Hydro Hammock, a versatile hot tub-hammock combo, just might be the most relaxing new invention we’ve ever seen. Proud inventor Benjamin H. Frederick even created a portable heating system that will heat whatever water you use in your Hydro Hammock, be it lake, river or sea water.
The hammock itself is made of resilient and waterproof tensile fabric that, according to the video on its Kickstarter campaign, can hold 2 adults and about 50 gallons of water. The heating system currently runs on natural gas, though there are plans to expand to battery and solar electricity as well. A double-walled model lets you insulate it and use it during the winter, too!
More info: hydrohammock.com | Kickstarter (h/t: gizmodo)
Map posters are easy to come by for major cities. But if you want one for a less densely populated area of the world, you might be out of luck. Mapiful can help. Select anywhere in the world, and get a streamlined black and white poster, based on OpenStreetMap data.
After you have your location, pan and zoom to get the exact area you want, and then customize the labeling and choose between four simple themes.
Posters not your thing? Maybe you want map clothing.
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I am fascinated with tattoo art and love to watch shows on TV like Ink Master. I have 5 tattoos of my own that I call my battle tattoos. No, one of them isn’t a sugar skull, a rose or a Japanese Koi fish, they are actually 5 little black dots on my chest that mark locations for the radiation treatments I had for breast cancer back in 2011. They are not exactly art, but I’m still counting them! When I saw these tattooed boots from Oak Street Bootmakers and well-known tattoo artist Mario Desa, I instantly thought that I’d love to do something similar on my homemade leather notebook covers. I have no idea where to get a tattoo machine or even how to use one, but that’s never stopped me before.
Check out the video after the jump which shows Mario Desa tattooing these leather boots.
Unfortunately it looks like this pair of tattooed boots are one of a kind. Oak Street Bootmakers do not sell them. Maybe this video will cause that to change though.
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Tagged: Shoes
Tattoos aren’t just for your body, now they are for boots too originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 9, 2015 at 1:00 pm.
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Turning a cube into a rotating multi-colored puzzle isn’t terribly difficult. Ernő Rubik did it back in 1974 without the need for a computer. For other shapes, though, like a complicated 3D bunny, you need to figure out the perfect way to slice it up so that every sub-section can rotate freely. But thankfully there’s now software that can automatically do that for you.
Alfredo Zertuche’s SLW Chair came onto our radar and we found the unique angles and beautiful craftsmanship worth investigating further. The chair came about after studying old Danish carpentry and furniture design and he decided to focus on three main characteristics: a low profile, design and materials selection, and the fabrication process and techniques. To complete the solid wood chair, Zertuche used traditional Mexican saddlery methods to construct the seat and backrest, sewing the thick leather by hand and strapping it to the frame. Let’s go back and see how this chair was created in this edition of Deconstruction.
The design came from studying postures combined with structural solutions to generate a geometry that would respond to it. When I started working with triangles, I understood that the structural capabilities of the shape would depend on how to combine them… how the joint would work.
By studying some profiles, I discovered that the relationship between the line of the joint and the vertical load was the key point to this. By reducing the angle between both of them, the joint would gain strength, because the weight is pushing down, instead of “peeling” the joint.
So I built a few plywood mockups, to test the angles, dimensions, lengths, and heights of the seats and backrests. This gave me the opportunity to test different ideas fairly quickly and make the necessary changes to it.
Once I was satisfied with one of the mockups, I started to figure out how much material I needed and how to properly use most of it, I started to build some boards, from which I was going to cutout my triangles. This was the moment when we picked the grain alignment.
Each wood board was patiently planned, perfectly squared to make sure that the final board was one smooth, leveled surface.
Then the boards were clamped for 24 hours to allow them to fully dry.
After the boards were fully dried, the triangles are cut from it. What is important is the direction of the grain and how it behaves with the joint. The triangles were aligned to be cut that way so the grain would meet perpendicularly and avoid peeling between the surfaces.
All triangles fit together perfectly, they are ready to be glued. More than 30 clamps are used to hold together four joints.
After 24 hour of drying, two different sets of holes are drilled on the interior faces of the profiles. First, the holes for the mortise and tenon, and later the pockets for the horizontal supports are milled.
Then, the profiles are sanded and using a router, the edges get rounded, with the consistent 1/2’ radius used on previous perforations.
After sanding, the chair is placed together for the first time. The leather seats are tested and everything fits right in place.
Most details are sanded by hand, like the holes for the straps, to avoid the sharp edges that could mark or cut the leather.
More than ten coats of tung oil were applied to the chair. Every day a new coat of oil would be applied to be sanded the next day. Day after day until it became a hard surface.
At the end there is this low lounge chair, where two old craft traditions from worlds apart come together into a comfortable, strong and lifelong chair.
Once the original SLW chair was complete, Zertuche began a series of 25 with different seat and backrest options.
The chair was fabricated with the advice of Peter MacKeith at the Architecture Shop of Washington University in St Louis in 2014, when Zertuche was doing his Masters in Architecture program.
A. Kachmarhandy also in a fight
After mastering wood watches, designer Lorenzo Buffa of Analog Watch Co. turned his attention to making the world’s first stone watch. Made of handcrafted, top grain leather and solid marble, the Mason Watch collection is a sculptural adornment for your wrist.
Continuing with the motto to reinvent the watch as a piece of art for your wrist, the watch is void of any logos. The hexagonal shape of the watch’s face is inspired by nature, such as pineapples, honeycombs, or snowflakes.
The watch is available for pre-order on Kickstarter for $165, and will retail for $399.
A. Kachmarfast forward 2700 years and people still think building walls is the answer
Tunisia has announced that it plans to build a giant wall along its border with Libya to protect the tiny North African country from terror attacks.
Prime Minister Habib Essid's announcement of the wall, which will stretch 100 miles from the coast and be completed by the end of 2015, comes three weeks after a lone Tunisian gunman killed nearly 40 tourists on a beach in Sousse, and three months after 22 people were killed by two Tunisian citizens at the Bardo National Museum in March
President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency after the second attack. Read more...
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Izzy Swan loves to make machines that are driven by an ordinary battery-powered hand drill. He’s made a band saw, a lawn mower, and a mini bike this way.
His latest challenge was inspired by Theo Jansen’s famous kinetic sculpture Strandbeest. Swan’s walking machine uses the rotary motion of a 20 volt drill to move two actuated legs forward, pushing a little cart. It’s like a Segway, but way cooler. It can hold up to 370 pounds and move for a mile on a full battery charge.
-via Make
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